Penn State Football: Nittany Lions Receive Votes In AP Top 25

Penn State football received five votes in the first AP Poll of the 2014 college football season. The poll was released Monday morning.

The Nittany Lions have yet to be ranked since the Jerry Sandusky scandal although Penn State has received votes in the AP poll on multiple occasions. Penn State is currently ineligible for the Coach's Poll according to the NCAA. That current restriction will change as soon as the Nittany Lions' bowl ban expires or is lifted early.

Four Big Ten teams are ranked in the AP's Top 25 with Ohio State coming in at No. 5 in the nation and Michigan State sneaking inside the Top 10 at No. 8. Wisconsin and Nebraska are ranked No. 14 and No. 22 respectively. Penn State will face both the Buckeyes and Spartans this season.

In total Penn State will face two teams in the opening Top 25 and three additional teams receiving votes in the poll. UCF received 94 votes putting The Knights, Penn State's season opening opponent, only 36 behind the No. 25 spot.

A judge has ordered former FBI director Louis Freeh and his attorneys to show cause as to why the defamation lawsuit ousted Penn State President Graham Spanier filed against Freeh should be moved to federal court.

U.S. Middle District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion said in an order Friday that Freeh's attorneys should "show cause as to why the case should not be dismissed for lack of subject matt